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As the price of quarterbacks around the league has skyrocketed, so has the cost of staking your fortune to the wrong one.
On a chilly Friday night in early October, a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd thronged around the stage at Lucinda’s in Manhattan’s East Village.
“There are photos of me, too. Everybody was friendly with this guy, either friendly or not friendly, but he was around.”
That compares with around six years in the U.S.
It’s since expanded to more locations around the country and in L.A., including Eagle Rock.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.